Chili Paneer - Indo Chinese

After the recipe of vegetable noodles I am presenting this Indo chinese version of Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese). 

I will explain this recipe of Chilli Paneer in three different steps just to avoid the confusion with the ingredients and when and how they are to be used. This is how I find it helpful for myself as well.

1st step is to prepare the paneer. For this,

you would need the following ingredients

Paneer (As the main ingredient)

for coating - 

Plain flour - 2 tablespoon

Cornflour - 1 tablespoon

Baking Soda - a pinch

Salt - to taste

Soy sauce - 1 teaspoon

Mix plain flour, cornflour, soy sauce and salt with 3 tablespoon of water and make it into smooth consistency. 

                                     

Add cut paneer pieces into it and coat these as evenly as you can.

Take oil in a pan and keep it on medium heat. As soon as the oil gets hot enough start frying these coated paneer.

Turn them so that they are fried evenly.

Keep these aside.

 2nd step

You can use as many or as less vegetables you like. Personally, I like all the vegetables with a crunch and which are quite popular with chinese recipe. I would have loved spring onions as well but I had none of those. :-(

Hence I used : Cabbage, Carrots, Mushroom, Beans, Capsicum/ bell pepper 

After you have done this 2nd step of chopping successfully you can move on to  - the 3rd one.

3rd step

Now take 1/2 cup water and add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce to this. Add 1 tablespoon cornflour as well.

Finally assemble all of these together to make one appetizing dish ready and that too made at home.

You will need the following : all finely chopped

Onions - 1 medium sized

Garlic - 3 cloves 

ginger - 1/2 inch 

Monosodium glutamate - a pinch (also called Chinese salt)

Salt to taste 

Crushed black pepper

Heat oil in a pan and medium to high heat. Adjust if you think the flame is getting very high for you to manage.

Add a pinch of Chinese salt, then add finely chopped garlic + ginger.

Then add onions to this.

Now, add the cut vegetables to this and saute.

 

Add this mixture to the frying vegetables and keep stirring. If its too think you may would like to add 1-2 tablepoons of water. Then add coated and fried paneer to this. 

Mix this well and add salt and freshly ground pepper to this.

Your Paneer chilli is ready to serve. Serve hot with the vegetable noodles. Recipe is here Chinese Vegetable noodles